Panama
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Key laws and policies
- Human Cloning Prohibition (Que prohíbe toda forma de clonación humana y dicta otras disposiciones), Law No. 3 (January 15, 2004)[1]
- Constitution (in Spanish) (1972)
Prohibited practices
Human Cloning
- Article I of the Human Cloning Prohibition prohibits the promotion, financing, and/or donation of public or private funds for experiments, research, and developments of all forms of human cloning.
- Panama also implicitly bans research cloning through its constitutional language, which extends a right to life to conceived or unborn persons.
Permitted and regulated practices
Assisted Reproduction
There do not appear to be any laws specifically governing assisted reproduction.
- ART is practiced.
- Heterosexual and same-sex couples are treated.
Surrogacy
- Surrogacy occurs; however, there are no laws governing practices or agreements.
[edit] References
- ↑ The Hinxton Group, "The Americas: Policy Excerpts," (accessed on July 8, 2008).